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a perfect storm that endangers a fragile economy. yesterday the speaker of the house laid out his path. if democrats agree to entitlement cuts republicans are open to do revenues and what he calls tax reform. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. what matters is where the increased revenue comes from and what type of reform comes with it. >> reporter: but boehner shut down the idea of targeting increasing taxes on the rich. the top democrat in senate implied any compromise would need to include the president's plan. >> there was a message sent to us by the american people based on the campaign. that is people making all this money have to contribute a little bit more. >> reporter: exit polls from tuesday show voters side with the president on the tax issue. 47% of voters said that taxes should increase for people make being more than $250,000 a year. 13% said they should increase for everyone. the administration and sources say there's speculation and they won't confirm it but likely to be a meeting betwe
a perfect storm that endangers a fragile economy. yesterday the speaker of the house laid out his path. if democrats agree to entitlement cuts republicans are open to do revenues and what he calls tax reform. >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. what matters is where the increased revenue comes from and what type of reform comes with it. >> reporter: but boehner shut down the idea of targeting increasing taxes on the rich. the top democrat in senate...
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we're talking about people's lives, businesses, the economy of the area. look, new york city is dragging its tail. other cities have bit the bullet. other cities already have storm surge barriers. look at london. st. petersburg. >> what about american cities? >> even in america, new orleans, providence, rhode island, stamford, connecticut. stamford, connecticut was shielded from the brunt of the storm because it invested in a storm surge barrier. >> why can't the entire coast be protected. >> simply too long. sand repolicemenishment is what florida is doing because of course the economy of florida is tied to sand. and the lifestyle. they are willing to spend on order of $100 million per year. >> sunday is veterans day, a veteran of the iraq war will share a note his younger self. coming up next on cbs "this morning". >> this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by macy's. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice but the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down, and you can't grow your enamel back. my dentis
we're talking about people's lives, businesses, the economy of the area. look, new york city is dragging its tail. other cities have bit the bullet. other cities already have storm surge barriers. look at london. st. petersburg. >> what about american cities? >> even in america, new orleans, providence, rhode island, stamford, connecticut. stamford, connecticut was shielded from the brunt of the storm because it invested in a storm surge barrier. >> why can't the entire coast...
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i'd rather do growth than raise taxes which slows the economy and damages things. obama is not interested in taxing the rich. he e admits there's no money there. he runs a $6.7 trillion debt assuming he raises taxes on high income people. his goal is to raise energy taxes on the middle class, not something mentioned during the campaign. >> grover, we're looking at a fiscal crisis here and a fiscal cliff. most of people are saying this is serious and we've got to have serious negotiations and everything has to be on the table. but you seem to be resisting that. what do you think happens if the fiscal cliff happens as a reality and this economy goes over the cliff? >> two things. the fiscal cliff is a tax increase of $500 billion. we had exactly the same scenario two years ago that we had today. obama huffed and puffed and threatened to let us go off the fiscal cliff. at the end of the day, cooler heads prevailed and all of the tax cuts were continued for two years. in 2011 obama said the world would end, we should pass around smelling salt. we got a debt ceiling agr
i'd rather do growth than raise taxes which slows the economy and damages things. obama is not interested in taxing the rich. he e admits there's no money there. he runs a $6.7 trillion debt assuming he raises taxes on high income people. his goal is to raise energy taxes on the middle class, not something mentioned during the campaign. >> grover, we're looking at a fiscal crisis here and a fiscal cliff. most of people are saying this is serious and we've got to have serious negotiations...
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we're under a common problem to get this economy going again. he'll bring in who he can. >> is it true he sought you out to talk about lincoln. >> the interesting thing he was still running for the nomination and i had my cell phone and i picked it up and on the other end it said barack obama i just finished team of rivals and we have to talk. he wanted to talk about lincoln's emotional intelligence. he couldn't believe this man was able to forgive things that had happened in the past, he was able to surround himself with people who could argue with him. >> tor rice we have a viewer question for you because we selected your book. what was the most surprising or shock thing about a historical event or person that you discovered in your research. >> i think for me because i always pictured him as a statesman and suddenly i saw that sense of humor. somebody said to him at wouldn't point lincoln you're two faced. he said if i have two faces do you think i would be wearing this face. what shocked me he could be with jon stewart, one on one. i would n
we're under a common problem to get this economy going again. he'll bring in who he can. >> is it true he sought you out to talk about lincoln. >> the interesting thing he was still running for the nomination and i had my cell phone and i picked it up and on the other end it said barack obama i just finished team of rivals and we have to talk. he wanted to talk about lincoln's emotional intelligence. he couldn't believe this man was able to forgive things that had happened in the...
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xi inherits an economy that is slowing, while citizen discontent is growing over pollution, corruption and the yawning gap between rich and poor. whether xi deals with these challenges through reform or repression is the big, unanswered question. since the time of mao, the communist party has cloaked the personal lives of china's leaders under a veil of mystery, but as we face more open times, we've been able to learn little bit more about the life of xi jinping. he has a daughter at harvard and a famous wife. pong li wan is a member of the liberation army and popular folk singer. china's new leader has an elite pedigree, known here as a communist party princeling. his father fought with mao, became vice premier, but during the chaotic cultural revolution in the '60s and '70s, xi's father and xi himself were labeled reactionaries, xi sent to the countryside for re-education. after his rehabilitation, xi rebounded quickly. he ran several bustling economic zones, including the biggest, shanghai. as vice president, he visited the united states this year, met with president barack obama an
xi inherits an economy that is slowing, while citizen discontent is growing over pollution, corruption and the yawning gap between rich and poor. whether xi deals with these challenges through reform or repression is the big, unanswered question. since the time of mao, the communist party has cloaked the personal lives of china's leaders under a veil of mystery, but as we face more open times, we've been able to learn little bit more about the life of xi jinping. he has a daughter at harvard...
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the economy of florida is tied to sand. and the beach lifestyle. they're willing to spend on the order of $100 million per year on beach replenishment. >> thank you. >> professor, nice to see you again. sunday is veterans day. a veteran of the iraq war will share a note to his younger self coming up next on cbs. cbs "this morning". >> this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by macy's. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice but the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down, and you can't grow your enamel back. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel because it helps to strengthen the enamel. and i believe it's doing a good job. >>> 2.5 million americans served in iraq and afghanistan wars. we asked alex horton to write a note to self. >> to my 21-year-old self on the eve of war. i know you have a lot on your mind right now. let me tell you a few thing before you take that burden to iraq. you're sitting in kuwait drinking a warm o'doul for your 21st birthday. you have to keep calm with that firs
the economy of florida is tied to sand. and the beach lifestyle. they're willing to spend on the order of $100 million per year on beach replenishment. >> thank you. >> professor, nice to see you again. sunday is veterans day. a veteran of the iraq war will share a note to his younger self coming up next on cbs. cbs "this morning". >> this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by macy's. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice but the acidic levels...
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compromise, for negotiation to make sure that bad things don't happen just in a month or two with the economy. >> reporter: asked about running for president in 2016, a subject of much chatter in washington, ryan found the idea this early laughable. >> i think everybody's tired of talking about presidential politics. i am. >> reporter: i tell you, though, here in washington, 2016 and who's going to be the republican nominee is no laughing matter. people are already looking at paul ryan and every move he makes in that context. by the way, jessica arpe is the reporter that did the very fine job in that interview. >> it is interesting to hear paul ryan say what a lot of people think, i've had enough of talking about presidential politics at this point. >> but he also confirms this notion that a lot of people within the romney and ryan campaign thought they were going to win. >> some of the metrics were wrong and now there's an internal debate about how they got it so wrong. >> and we'll get more on that from mike huckabee. >> exactly. mike huckabee will be here shortly. four years ago, remember
compromise, for negotiation to make sure that bad things don't happen just in a month or two with the economy. >> reporter: asked about running for president in 2016, a subject of much chatter in washington, ryan found the idea this early laughable. >> i think everybody's tired of talking about presidential politics. i am. >> reporter: i tell you, though, here in washington, 2016 and who's going to be the republican nominee is no laughing matter. people are already looking at...